Columbia Student Paper: Our Coverage Of Rape Was One-Sided, Ignored Due Process

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'Well, here’s something you don’t see every day; in an op-ed for the Columbia University student paper, the paper’s former editor openly admits their coverage of a prominent campus rape accusation was skewed, because he feared being accused of opposing rape victims if he questioned the victim’s story. ...

Columbia student Emma Sulkowicz garnered national attention for carrying her mattress around campus in protest of the university’s refusal to punish and expel her rapist. Sulkowicz made the rounds on national media, attended the State of the Union with New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, and inspired nationwide protests.

But the conversation shifted suddenly yesterday after The Daily Beast published an interview with the student she accused, rebutting many of her claims. In particular, he produced Facebook message records showing that Sukowicz was openly flirtatious and friendly with him months after he supposedly brutally raped her. “I love you Paul,” reads one such message, “Where are you?!?!?!?!”'